Canadian Wheat Board

Marketing System Dept: After decades of being the only producer marketing system in the West, and the largest marketer of its kind in the world, the board will become voluntary on Wednesday, according to CBC. Ottawa passed a law last year that will allow farmers to sell their grain to whatever company they choose and it will soon be the beginning of a new grain-marketing era as the Canadian Wheat Board is one day away from the end of its monopoly on western wheat and barley. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz was in Saskatoon on Tuesday to speak about marketing freedom for grain and barley farmers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.